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UNITED STATES PATENT. UF'FIGE.

JOHANN W. T. HUKE, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,927, dated May 27,1879; application filed April 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANN WILHELM THEODOR HUKE, of the city ofHamburg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFolding Carriages, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

This invention relates to a childs or invalids carriage, which is madeup of detachable sections or pieces; and the invention consists incertain constructions and combinations of parts, whereby said carriagemay be readily taken apart and put together again, and the detachableportions of the carriage may be separately folded up to facilitatestowage when not in use, to reduce the cost of freight when transportingthe same, and to facilitate packing when exporting the article.

Generally the carriage will be constructed in four detachable pieces.Certain of them, including the lower frame with attached ruir ning-gear,the upper or body portion of the carriage with rising and lowering top,and the seat or seats, are constructed so as to be capable of beingseparately folded.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation, andFig. 2 an end view, of a childs or invalids carriage provided with araising and falling top, and withits parts fitted together ready foruse; Fig. 3, a plan view of said carriage with its top removed. Figs. 4and 5 are a plan and end view, respectively, of the lower frame, withattached running gear detached and folded; Figs. 6 and 7, a plan andside view of the upper or body portion of the carriage and its topdetached and folded; Figs. 8 and 9, an under and edge view of thecarriage-seat detached, and having its straps or pendent supportsfolded; and Fig. 10, a view of the handle portion of the carriagedetached. 7

A is the lower frame, which is preferably made of round iron, and isfitted with four hinged and laterally-folding supports, b b, ca pable ofbeing folded or turned inward when said frame is detached from the upperor body portion of the carriage. Said supports are furnished with studsor trunnions 0 c, on which the wheels B B of the carriage are free toretate.

By means of this construction of the lower frame with its runninggear orwheels, the supports 1) b, with their attached wheels B B, can be foldedinwardly, and the opposite wheels of each pair of wheels=laid one downupon or over the other, and parallel with the width of the frame A, orthereabout, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, thus providing for close pack ingof the lower frame with its wheels.

The body portion of the carriage consists in part of an upper frame, D,and under frame, D, united by a sack or sides, E, of netting, cloth, orother suitable flexible material.

The under frame, D, which may be fitted with a bottom, 8, of anysuitable material, is of such reduced dimensions relatively to the upperframe, D, that it will be within the latter when the upper body portionis collapsed or folded, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Said upper frame, D,is fitted at its opposite ends with folding rods or stanchions G G,fitted to move on the ends of said frame, so that they may be turned upor closed when shutting or folding said upper body portion, as shown inFigs. 6 and 7.

When the carriage or body portion thereof is furnished with a head ortop, H, the latter, which when in use may be held raised byspring-catches d d, is lowered when required to fold the body portion ofthe carriage, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

The seat I, (or there may be more than one,) may be made up of a flatiron frame, covered with cloth or upholstered, and is connected in adetachable and pendent manner, by buttons or otherwise, to the upperframe, D, by straps e e, which, when the seat is removed, may-be foldedor laid down, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, to facilitate stowage.

K is a handle for drawing or propelling the carriage, provided with sidearms or rods, ff,

which enter sockets g g on one pair of the rods or stanchions G G, andwhich may be readily drawn out of said sockets when dismembering thecarriage.

To put the carriage together, the hinged or laterally-folding supports7) b are turned down or outward from their positions shown in Fig.

4 to positions at right angles, or thereabout, with the frame A, whenthey are arrested by suitable stops. This brings the wheelsB intoupright or running positions, as shown in Fig. l. The upper or bodyportion of the carriage is then unfolded and the rods or stanchions G Gthen turned down or outward from their position shown in Fig. 6, andtheir lower ends caused to enter eyes or sockets h h on the supports 1)b, as shown in Fig. 1. After the upper and lower portions of thecarriage have thus been fitted together, they are secured or locked byhooks 70 is, attached to the stanchions G G, and engaging with the lowertom 8, is pendent by the flexible sack or sides E, and free to swingfrom the upper frame, D. The handle K is now fitted to the carriage byentering its rods f f within the sockets g g. The seat or seats I arethen inserted and attached to the upper portion of the body of thecarriage by the straps e e and their holding buttons or devices, and thehead or top H, if necessary, fitted to its place. The carriage is thuserected ready for use.

The invention is not restricted to a carriage having four wheels only,but may be applied to one having only three or any other number ofwheels.

I claim 1. The combination, with the lower frame of the carriage, oflaterally-folding supports hinged to said frame, and one or more wheelscarried by said supports, substantially as specified.

; independent frame,

3. The combination of the hinged laterallyfolding supports which carrythe wheels of the carriage, the lower frame, to which said supports areattached, the upper frame of the body portion of the carriage, thefolding stanchions attached to said upper frame, and

the eyes or sockets in or on the brackets arranged to receive saidstanchions within or through them, substantially as described. frame, A.The under frame, D, with its bot- 4. The body portion of the carriage,composed of an upper frame, a lower frame of smaller dimensions thansaid upper frame, a

5 sack or sides of flexible material uniting said frames, and foldingrods or stanchion s attached to said upper frame, substantiallyasdescribed.

5. The combination of one or more removable seats, provided with pendentstraps, in combination with the body portion of the carriage, havingsaid seats pendent within them,

essentially as described.

6. A childs or invalids carriage constructed of an upper independentbody portion, having flexible sides and folding stanchions, a lowerhaving attached to it a folding running-gear, and a detachable handle,

essentially as described.

J OHANN \VILHELM THEODOR HUKE. Witnesses:

FR. REINcKE, T. CLAIRMONT.

